Guard

Guard

Tooltip

Guard is a Buff that absorbs damage from Hits, taking the damage before your Life or Energy Shield until depleted.

Guard is a temporary buff that redirects a specified amount of damage from hits.

Mechanics

Guard absorbs all damage from hits until it is depleted, at which point the buff is removed. Guard's damage redirection occurs after damage mitigation.

Guard can be granted through certain modifiers. Guard is granted when the charm or flask that grants it is used, and lasts for the duration of that charm or flask expires or is used again. Guard does not stack; if the Guard gained is greater than the current Guard value, it will overwrite the current value and duration. If the Guard gained is lower, it instead extends the buff of the current Guard buff proportional to the ratio of gained Guard against current Guard.

Related skills

Gem	Tier
Encase in JadeEncase in JadeSpell, Buff, Physical, Duration Level: (1-20) Cost: 15 Mana Cast Time: 0.30 secConsume all stacks of Jade to grant Guard based off your maximum Life for each Jade consumed. You cannot gain Jade stacks while you have Guard.Guard duration is (4-4.95) seconds Gain Guard equal to 6% of your maximum life per Jade consumed Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Gain Guard equal to (0.05-1)% of your maximum life per Jade consumedSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.	0
Fortifying CryFortifying CryWarcry, Attack, AoE, Melee, Trigger, Physical, Duration, Nova Tier: 9 Level: 1 Cooldown Time: 8.00 sec Use Time: 0.80 secPerform a Warcry that grants Guard and causes subsequent Shield Attacks to release an Empowered shockwave when dealing damage. This Skill's cooldown can be bypassed by expanding an Endurance Charge.Warcry Warcry radius is 4 meters Guard duration is 4 seconds Can create one shockwave per 5 enemy Power in range, counting up to 50 Power Grants 34 Guard for every 5 enemy power in range, counting up to 25 Power Shield Wave (3–85) to (5–128) Base Off Hand Physical Damage 6 to 8 Added Physical Damage per 15 Armour on Shield This Attack is Triggered by Fortifying Cry and counts as Empowered by it Shockwave radius is 2 metres Modifiers to Damage with Warcries affect this SkillSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.	9

Persistent skills

Gem	Tier

Related support gems

Gem	Tier
Vanguard IVanguard ISupport Category: Vanguard Tier: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 110%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Shield Skills, causing you to gain Guard on Stunning Enemies with the Supported Skill.Gain 2 Guard per ten Strength when you Stun an Enemy Gain an additional 4 Guard per ten Strength if Heavily Stunning Guard duration is 4 secondsPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	1
Vanguard IIVanguard IISupport Category: Vanguard Tier: 2 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 110%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Shield Skills, causing you to gain Guard on Stunning Enemies with the Supported Skill.Gain 2 Guard per ten Strength when you Stun an Enemy Gain an additional 6 Guard per ten Strength if Heavily Stunning Guard duration is 4 secondsPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	2

Related unique items

Item	Base item	Item class		Stats
Olroth's ResolveOlroth's Resolve Ultimate Life FlaskRecovers 920 Life over 3.00 Seconds Consumes (20-25) of 75 Charges on useRequires Level 60Instant Recovery (100–150)% increased Charges per use Excess Life Recovery added as Guard for 10 secondsOlroth the Gallant, tireless and true, he fights for me, he fights for you!Right click to drink. Can only hold charges while in belt. Refill at Wells or by killing monsters.	Ultimate Life Flask	Life Flask	60	Instant Recovery (100–150)% increased Charges per use Excess Life Recovery added as Guard for 10 seconds

Version history

Version	Changes
0.3.0	Gaining Guard while you already have Guard no longer replaces the existing Guard buff if the new amount of Guard you would gain would be lower that what you already had. Instead the duration of the existing Guard buff is extended proportional to the amount of Guard in the new buff compared to the old buff.
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.